fact or fiction
Is it fact or merely fiction? Fact or Fiction explores the myths and beliefs we hold about the military and the physical, logistical, emotional and moral obstacles involved.
Who was Charles Jackson French?
Charles French is a World War II hero you will hear very little about. The reason why is about as obvious as the reflection from a mirror. In September 1942, Charles was pulling a life raft with fifteen injured sailors around his waist. He swam for six to eight hours. Now imagine doing that in shark infested waters, oh by the way the Japanese are trying to kill you and oh you have to deal with racism as well.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee4 years ago in Serve
The story of a soldier who survived the war with a drug overdose.
In 1944 Finnish soldier Imo Koivonen detached from his unit and survived for weeks inside the Arctic Circle without food or shelter, on a dose of methamphetamine large enough for 30 men. Over the course of World War II, Finland repelled the Soviet invasion, allied itself with Germany against the Soviet Union and then fought with the Allies against Germany, the methamphetamine-fueled survival story of Private Imo Koivonen astonishingly embodies the chaos of World War II. During that war, the Finnish soldiers were fighting for four years, and during the war, a Finnish patrol found itself behind the enemy lines and surrounded by Soviet soldiers inside the Lapland region in northern Finland, which was covered with snow during that period of March 1944 AD, and when the shooting began on them, the soldiers began rushing from In order to get out of the line of fire, most of the soldiers fled on skis.
By MUHAMMAD AHMAD4 years ago in Serve
The Deepest Roots
My Roots in the Orchard (Forty-Eight hours before my flight) Some lives intersect at the same moment in time. I am drawing parallels in connection with the women and children I may find on my mission. My goal will be to take them to host countries around the world. I can only imagine their fear as they leave their families and their homeland. As I prepare to head into the unknown, I am experiencing my own story.
By Zel Harrison4 years ago in Serve
Is Vladimir Putin out of his mind?
Is Putin out of his mind? How close is the northern Bambi-slayer to "another world" in terms of communication? Or does Putin have a mental breakdown?No, he's not. According to Western media, the current state of the world is predicated on whether or not Putin is (in)sane. Many still believe that Putin is insane, crazy, and irrational.Both he and he haven't are correct.
By Dwayne nembhard5 years ago in Serve
These countries will have the world's largest and most expensive armies by 2022
NATO is beefing up its military posture in Eastern Europe in response to the Ukraine crisis and the threat posed by Russia. The US government intends to send more armed soldiers to Poland in a few days, according to a spokeswoman from the US Department of Defense.
By Anirban Bose5 years ago in Serve
Whiteness blinds my sight
The connecting halls seemed larger than usual, I find it difficult to be relaxed in a place like this. You might ask, if I don’t like to be here, why am I in this situation again? Well, a promise is a promise. The last time we saw each other I said that I’ll back on my own to ask him the same old questions. He assured me that we could dive deep into what sparks my imagination. My curiosity goes beyond morbid knowledge of gruesome past events. I don’t know what lies behind this veil of secrecy of him, could it be a vow? Could it be so traumatic that he wants to forget and never revisit the ordeal? I guess I’ll find out today.
By Giovanni Profeta5 years ago in Serve
War
The US Army was being chased from behind and had to get to the other side of the lake, but it was frozen solid. This was during the time of cold war and the Soviets had just crossed over the border to attack the armored vehicles could swim, but the ice had be broken up. But time was of the utmost importance. The commander ordered all available men out onto the ice with mattocks' and pix axes. He had us breaking the ice up by hand. I told my commander that if I fell in and drowned my grandmother wouldn't like him anymore.
By Lawrence Edward Hinchee5 years ago in Serve
Coming Home
It had been five years since Jason had last stood in front of his home. At that time war was brewing, and Jason’s group of friends decided to join the Army because it sounded like fun. “Fun” was far from his view of it, Jason had long thought of the military and its servicemen as arrogant punks who just liked killing things. He saw no glory or honor in it, why defend a country that was so oppressive anyway? However, jobs were scarce, and with no real vocational ambitions or desires to further his education after high school, he joined up with the four of them. He had stood in front of his California home, his clean-shaven face still stinging from the resentful removal of his scraggly beard, hugged his parents and bid them a last goodbye before heading to the processing station where he would be shipped off to Basic Training.
By Dawn Hunter5 years ago in Serve
The Red Heart Shaped Locket
The day the world ended I was in a cell under the ground. A cell stored with food and water, enough to last for a year. The world ended in every way I knew it could. It ended in the sense that there was no longer an endless supply of food which one could purchase with green paper. There was no longer clean water in the faucets. There was only death and suffering everywhere I looked. Scorched grounds without crops. Water polluted with dead fish, and dead carcasses everywhere there used to be animals and humans.
By Melissa Meintjes 5 years ago in Serve
